Improved tahi-hoiider for horses



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FRANCIS A. IflOERTS, 0F. NORTH VAVSSALBOROUGH, MAINE.

Letters Patent No. 101,043, dated .March 22, 1870.

IMPRQVED TAIL-HOLDER FOR HORSES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRANCIS A.`R0BEnTs, `of' North Vassalborough, in the county of ,Kennebec' and State of Maine,lhave invented a new and improved Tail Holder for Horses' andl other Animals; and I do here` by declare `that the fhllowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying dra-wings forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 'is a perspective view of my invention aplied. p Figure `2 is a detached perspective view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention has for its object to construct a device by means of' which the folds of horses tails can be held together without injuring the hair, and which can be rapidl5 and conveniently applied.

The invention' consists inthe use of a partly flexible, partly rigidbuekle, which is strapped around the folds of the'tail, and which has teeth or prongs pros `iecting through the tail to hold the device in place.

A inthe drawing represents acurved metal plate, with prongs a a proje'eting from its concave face.

The ends ofthe plate A are, respectively., lsecured to straps b e, of which the latter carries a buckle, d, as shown.

The device is strapped around a horses tail .in the manner indicated in iig. 1, the strap b being secured t0 the buckle, the prongs piercing the tail, and preferably projecting with their ends through a slot ofI 

